GERANIACE^E. VI. PELARGONIUM. 



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203 P. ALBIFLORUM (Spin. cat. 1818. p. 30.) plants smooth 

 and glaucous ; leaves 3-lobed ; lobes obovate, acutely toothed 

 at the apex ; petioles, pedicels, and calyxes puberulous ; pe- 

 duncles 2-flowered ; nectariferous tube as well as the upper 

 petals about 3-times longer than the calyx. T? . G. P. pa- 

 tulurn, Spin. cat. Petals white, 2 upper ones striated, with 

 blood-coloured lines. Perhaps a hybrid. 



White-flowered Stork's-bill. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



204 P. COLLJE (Spin. cat. hort. 1818. p. 31.) plant glaucous 

 and puberulous ; leaves cuneated at the base, trifid ; lobes 

 acutely toothed ; peduncles 4-5-flowered, and are, as well as 

 the branches, hispid ; nectariferous tube one-half shorter than 

 the calyx ; petals twice the length of the calyx. Tj . G. Petals 

 white, 2 superior ones marked with branched, blood-coloured 

 lines. Perhaps a hybrid. 



Colla's Stork's-bill. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. ? Sh. 1 to 3 feet. 



205 P. BELLA'RDII (Spin. cat. hort. 1818. p. 30.) plant glau- 

 cous and hispid ; leaves palmately 5-7-cleft ; lobes acutely 

 toothed; peduncles 4-10-flowered ; nectariferous tube one-half 

 shorter than the calyx ; petals narrow, about twice the length of 

 the calyx, fj . G. Petals white, spotless. 



Bellardi's Stork's-bill. Fl. June, May. Clt. ? Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



* * Petals rose-coloured or violet, the 2 upper ones usually 

 striped. 



206 P. PA'TULUM (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 541. coll. 4. p. 187.) 

 plant smooth and glaucous ; leaves on very long petioles, cor- 

 dately kidney-shaped, 3-5-cleft, toothed ; peduncles 2-flowered ; 

 nectariferous tube 3-times longer than the calyx ; petals lan- 

 ceolate-wedge-shaped, 2 upper ones rather emarginate. T? . G. 

 Stamens 6, fertile. Petals rose-coloured, 2 upper ones marked 

 with a blood-coloured circle. 



Spreading Stork's-bill. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1812. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



207 P. SANicuLjEFouuM (Willd. spec. 6. p. 673.) plant smooth 

 and glaucous ; leaves on long stalks, roundish, cordate, 5-cleft, 

 toothed, zonate above ; peduncles 4-5-flowered ; nectariferous 

 tube length of calyx; petals twice the length of the calyx. 

 fj . G. P. cortusaefolium, Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 539. Ger. 

 tabulare, Burm. ger. t. 1. Cav. diss. 4. t. 100. f. 2. Ger. 

 hederaefolium, Dum. Cours. bot. cult. 4. no. 62. P. Hippocre- 

 pis, Lher. ger. ined. no. 94. The 2 upper petals obovate, large, 

 violet, striped with purple. The 3 lower ones pale rose-co- 



V loured, nearly linear. 



Sanicle-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1806. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



208 P. HEPATICIFOLIUM (Spreng. nov. prov. p. 31.) plant 

 smooth and glaucescent ; leaves deeply 3-lobed, concave, zonate 

 above, rough beneath ; lobes wedge-shqped, deeply-toothed ; 

 peduncles usually 2-flowered. Pj . G. Petals pale rose-co- 

 loured, 2 superior ones 3-lobed, 3 lower ones linear and whitish. 



Hepatica-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1791. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



209 P. FUSCA'TUM (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 340. coll. 4. p. 186.) 

 plant glabrous and rather glaucous ; leaves cordate, 5-lobed, 

 toothed, glaucous beneath, younger ones zonate on the upper 

 surface ; uppermost ones somewhat 3-5-parted ; peduncles 4- 

 flowered ; nectariferous tube length of calyx. Jj . G. Two 

 superior petals obovate, broad, of an intense rose-colour, striped 

 with purple, the 3 lower ones linear and pale rose-coloured. 



Cfowrfed-petalled Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



210 P. GHIL'INI (Spin. cat. 1818. p. 31.) plant rather glau- 

 cous and smooth ; leaves somewhat wedge-shaped, 3-5-cleft ; 

 lobes ovate, acutely serrated, stiff"; peduncles 4-flowered ; nec- 



tariferous tube nearly equal in length to the calyx, Tj . G. 

 Petals of a purple rose-colour, 2 upper ones lined. 

 Ghilini's Stork's-bill. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2. Lineata. Flowers tvhile or very pale rose-coloured. Two 

 upper petals marked with intense red lines. Leaves ovate, un- 

 divided. 



211 P. BETu'tiNUM(Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 429.) leaves ovate, 

 unequally serrated, smoothish ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate; pe- 

 duncles 2-4-flowered ; nectariferous tube shorter than the calyx. 



Tj . G. Ger. betulinum, Lin. spec. 964 Burm. afr. t. 33. 



f. 1. and 2. Curt. bot. mag. 148. Petals white or rose-co- 

 loured, striped with blood-coloured veins. 



.BtVe/j-leaved Stork's bill. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 1 to 4 feet. 



212 P. FORMOSISSIMUM (Pers. ench. 2. p. 231. Sweet, ger. 

 215.) umbels of several flowers ; leaves ovate, acute, concave, 

 stiff, rather lobed, unequally and cartilaginously toothed, trun- 

 cate, many-nerved ; bracteas ovate, rather shorter than the 

 pedicels ; nectariferous tube 3-times shorter than the calyx. 

 J? . G. P. formosum, Desf. arbr. 2. p. 459. P. speciosum, 

 Andr. ger. icon. Petals all white, 2 upper ones sometimes fur- 

 nished with 2 branched lines at the base of each. 



Very-shewy Stork's-bill. Fl. My. Oct. Clt. 1800. Sh. 1 to 3ft. 



3. Tomentbsa. Petals white, narrow. Leaves cordate, to- 

 mentose, Stipulas spreading. 



213 P. TOMENTOSUM (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 537.) stem shrubby, 

 fleshy ; branches, leaves, and peduncles hairy-tomentose ; leaves 

 cordate, hastately 5-lobed, very soft; umbels many-flowered, 

 panicled ; nectariferous tube 3-times shorter than the calyx. 

 Jj . G. Sweet, ger. 168. Petals white, coloured with short 

 blood-coloured lines. Leaves smelling strong of peppermint. 



Far. ft, bicolbrum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 671.) 2 superior petals 

 lilac, and marked with a branched spot, lower ones white, with 

 a purple stripe in the middle. 



Tomenlose Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



214 P. RIBIFO V LIUM (Jacq. icon. rar. 3. t. 538. coll. 5. p. 

 141.) stem shrubby, fleshy; branches and peduncles pilosely- 

 hispid ; leaves cordate, hastately 5-lobed, scabrous ; umbels 

 many-flowered ; nectariferous tube length of calyx. Jj . G. 

 Petals and filaments white. Anthers orange-coloured. 



Currant-leaved Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1798. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



215 P. ODORIFERUM (Andr. ger. icon, under Geranium,) very 

 hairy and rough ; leaves cordate, lobed unequally, and acutely 

 toothed ; umbels 2-3-flowered ; nectariferous tube rather longer 

 than the calyx ; petals obcordate. fj . G. Plant sweet-scented. 

 Petals white, upper ones with red branched veins. 



Odoriferous Stork's-bill. Fl. May, Oct. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



4. Papiliondcea. Leaves cordate, flat, toothed, rarely lobed. 

 Lower petals linear, upper ones purplish, streaked with darker 

 lines, 



216 P. PAPILIONA V CEUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 423.) branches, 

 leaves, and peduncles rather pilose ; leaves cordate, roundish, 

 angularly-toothed ; umbels panicled, many-flowered ; lower 

 petals awl-shaped, linear, shorter than the calyx. Jj . G. Ger. 

 papilionaceum, Lin. spec. 945. Cav. diss. 4. t. 112. f. 1. Dill, 

 hort. elth. 128. f. 155. P. papilionaceum, Sweet, ger. t. 27. 

 Superior petals purplish, white at the base, and brownish in the 

 middle ; lower petals whitish. 



Butterfly Stork's-bill. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1724. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 

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